title: A pilot biomedical engineering course in rapid prototyping for mobile health.
abstract: Rapid prototyping of medically assistive mobile devices promises to fuel innovation and provides opportunity for hands-on engineering training in biomedical engineering curricula. This paper presents the design and outcomes of a course offered during a 16-week semester in Fall 2011 with 11 students enrolled. The syllabus covered a mobile health design process from end-to-end, including storyboarding, non-functional prototypes, integrated circuit programming, 3D modeling, 3D printing, cloud computing database programming, and developing patient engagement through animated videos describing the benefits of a new device. Most technologies presented in this class are open source and thus provide unlimited "hackability". They are also cost-effective and easily transferrable to other departments.
authors.forename: Todd H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Stokes
authors.forename: Janani
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Venugopalan
authors.forename: Elena N
authors.initials: EN
authors.lastname: Hubbard
authors.forename: May D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D001249:Asthma / Q000473:pathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D001698:Biomedical Engineering / Q000193:education; D002648:Child; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D003479:Curriculum; D006801:Humans; D059408:Pain Management / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D057233:Radio Frequency Identification Device; D017216:Telemedicine